VOICE OF THE NEW GUARD

Trunk runs a career social networking site for the under-30 set and in her spare time blogs with brutal honesty about entrepreneurship, motherhood, and the workplace. She shines as a generational interpreter -- someone who can help you understand the needs, insecurities, and quirks of your younger workers.

On "How can you tell if a member of Gen Y hates his or her boss?"

"You can't. This is a non-confrontational generation. They change politics by voting, not screaming in the streets. And they change the workplace by quitting, rather than complaining. This is a generation that enjoyed mutual respect with their parents and their parents' friends. Gen Y at large feel uncomfortable being openly confrontational than other, less cared-for generations."